The Gap Between You and Me - Chapter 141

“…….”

Edwin was silent for a moment.

Was the injury worse than he expected? He felt his vision blurring.

“The moment you let go of that bowstring, you will die too.”

Edwin slowly blinked his eyes.

“You have no idea how many people here are trying to kill you.”

Around them were several Kustan knights, apprentice knights, and soldiers. Now that she’s thrusting her arrow at their commander, they’re not rushing to attack her. The moment they had no reason to hesitate, she was sure to become a target.

If she could see, there was no way she wouldn’t have noticed it either.

But if her mind is properly set.

“I don’t care.”

However, Ciela responded coldly as if ridiculing his thoughts.

“Even if I die, I will be able to kill you before then.”

Edwin, hearing what Ciella added, turned his head to look at her again.

She is sitting on her horse and pointing a bow at him. She certainly had thinner build and small stature compared to the other soldiers. Still, he had to admit it. That her spirit was as lofty and intense as any other knight’s.

Edwin, who had been watching Ciela quietly, spoke.

“It may miss.”

“It won’t miss.”

“I can stop it.”

“You won’t be able to stop it.”

Ciela immediately refuted Edwin’s words without hesitation.

“I don’t know about anyone else, but never as much as you.”

A deep resentment lingered in her low, muttering voice.

Why? For a moment, Edwin wasn’t sure. The color of her emotions was unusually dark to say that it was simply because Edwin was trying to harm someone dear to her.

Suddenly, he saw a Kustan apprentice knight standing behind Ciela. Hiding among the soldiers, he was carrying an arrow carefully on the string of his bow. But Ciela didn’t seem to notice it because she cared about the man in front of her.

‘In the end, it’s you, not me, who will die here.’

It was just then that Edwin was awaiting the last moment of the ignorant woman with a nonchalant face.

The wind blew from the south. A wind so strong that it raised white dust on the dry land and made the soldiers stumble.

Ciela’s brown hair, which hung down under the helm, blew in the wind. Her thin hair seemed to dance sky-high with the wind.

Edwin’s expression, which had been frowning at the dusty wind, slowly stiffened.

Is it because he shed too much blood in a short amount of time? Or is it because of the dust wind that rose like fog?

He was familiar with the woman’s figure through his blurry vision. As Ciela aimed her bow and deathly glared at himself. On top of her figure, another figure appeared.

Even her fluttering brown hair. The posture of pulling the bowstring. At least the overall body shape.

Edwin’s eyes flickered dangerously as he looked at Ciella.

There’s no way that could be possible

His heart, which had been frozen solid, started beating.

He knew that could never be possible.

As if his whole body had been paralyzed, he couldn’t breathe properly and stared at Ciela, but he sensed a movement behind him. The Kustan apprentice knight was drawing his bowstring towards her.

The bow that bends flexibly. The bowstring pulled taut.

The moment the arrow pointed at Ciela, Edwin unconsciously took a step in front of her and reached out his hand towards the apprentice knight.

“Stop!”

The apprentice knight was taken aback by Edwin’s urgent order and loosened the string of his bow.

But it was too early to be relieved. It was because Ciela, mistaking Edwin’s sudden movement for an attack, accidentally let go of the string of her bow that she was aiming at him.

Whing!

The arrow that had left the bow flew powerfully through the wind. Edwin quickly tried to hit the arrow with his sword. However, an injury sustained earlier slowed his movement. He felt the burning pain of the raw flesh being torn along with the dull hitting sound.

“Ku-uhk.”

A moan escaped from between his pursed lips. A stream of hot blood ran down his forearm. Thanks to a quick turn around, he was able to avoid an arrow stuck in his neck.

Edwin unconsciously looked at Ciela even as he stumbled and lost his balance. Realizing that she was all right, he was relieved inside.

He had threatened that he would cut her throat if he ever saw her again, but he was relieved that she was safe.

Even to himself, it was ridiculous.

Drap drap drap.

The sound of horse hooves came from somewhere. Perhaps not just one or two cavalrymen, there was an intense vibration shaking the ground. The soldiers who had surrounded the three people were divided into several groups. From the direction of the fortress, the ranks quickly began to collapse.

“Your Highness!”

A Velician knight who could be seen among the soldiers raised his voice and shouted.

“Your Highness! The repair is almost done! Quickly retreat to the fortress!”

‘Repair?’

Although it was fleeting, the sudden appearance of the knight succeeded in catching Edwin’s attention. While he quickly turned his head to confirm the identity of the newly appeared knight, Bernard, who had fallen on the floor, picked up the sword that had fallen beside him.

“!”

Bernard quickly stood up and swung his sword at Edwin. Edwin, who noticed it belatedly, hurriedly blocked the attack and stepped back. Kaang! The two blades collided and slid on top of each other with a ghastly sound.

The moment the gap between the two opened slightly, Bernard turned his upper body and reached out his hand. Then, perhaps waiting for that moment to come, Ciela quickly rode her horse and grabbed his hand. Bernard jumped up and soon landed behind her.

The horse carrying the two people ran forward without slowing down.

“Stop! Stop them!”

Seeing that the caught fish were about to run away, the Kustan knight hurriedly shouted. At that cry, the Kustan soldiers scattered around and rushed to one place. Some recklessly pointed their weapons at the two, while others hurriedly drew their bowstrings.

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